Jack’s Top 20 Kentucky Derby Contenders

Daily Racing News
by Jack McKinney
Posted on March 28, 2011
  

Kentucky Derby Contenders for Jack’s Top 20 as of March 28th. The 137th Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs on May 7th, televised on NBC and sponsored by Yum! Brands who bring you The Greatest Two Minutes In Sports as the three year old horses run for the roses.

The Kentucky Derby Contenders list has been shaken up this week due to poor performances, great upsets as a result of vastly improved horses and unfortunately even the rotten luck of Mucho Macho Man who threw a shoe coming out of the gate in his Kentucky Derby prep race Saturday in the Louisiana Derby. My faith in Mucho Macho Man hasn’t changed but his string of bad luck is making me nervous!

Of the Kentucky Derby Contenders my number one ranked horse Uncle Mo is training in Florida at the Palm Meadows training facility in Florida along with Soldat and Stay Thirsty. Uncle Mo is expected to enter the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct for his final Kentucky Derby prep race before shipping to Churchill Downs for the Derby and his run for the roses.

 

1. Uncle Mo
2. Dialed In
3. Soldat
4. The Factor
5. Premier Pegasus
6. To Honor and Serve
7. Jaycito
8. Sway Away
9. Pants On Fire
10. Animal Kingdom
11. Mucho Macho Man
12. Stay Thirsty
13. Santiva
14. Gourmet Dinner
15. Astrology
16. Silver Medallion
17. Twice The Appeal
18. Watch Me Go
19. Nehro
20. Decisive Moment

Kentucky Derby Contenders on the bubble: Sweet Ducky, Ruler On Ice, Air Support, Rockin Heat, Norman Asbjornson

Check back each week through May 7th at Churchill Downs for my latest Kentucky Derby Contenders ranking, along with my handicapping of the 137th Kentucky Derby. Derby week I will also deliver a Top 10 Kentucky Oaks Contenders list for those who want to get the party started early with hats for the ladies, mint juleps for all or those who simply want to have their betting done with before they hit the infield for all out madness. Remember this is only the first stop on the Triple Crown trail and we are going to press forward right through the Breeders’ Cup so don’t go anywhere.

Cheers,

Jack

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